Dump-wagon.



A. F. ABIGT. DUMP WAGON. APPLIOATION TILED SEPT.9,1911.

Patented June 10, 1913.

v Hi) ARTHUR F. ABIGT, OF

UFFICE.

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

DUMP-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 191 3.

Application filed September 9, 1911. Serial No. 648,470.

Yb u/l re/mm, 1' It may mmcm'n tie it known that I, Anruun 1 Anio'r, acitizen ot. the United States, residing:- at llvnnsville, in the countyot Vanderburg and titate ot lndiana, have inventeda new and uset'ulDuinp-l /agon, of which the to].- lowing is a specification.

l "bis invention relates to dumping wagons a nd one of its objects is toprovide a wagon at this type the body of which is mounted upon rollersand carries means whereby, when the body is pushed rearwardly. it willtravel upon the rollers and be. tilted upwardly to give the body itsinitial. impulse during the tilting thereof, there being additionalmeans upon the body and cooperating with the supporting rollers, forlimiting the moven'ient of the body relative to the running gearsupporting the same.

it further object is to provide simple means for locking the body innormal position so as to prevent it from accidentally dumping.

"With the foregoing and other objects It], view which will appear as thedescri 'it ion proceet'ls, the invention resides in the combination andarrangenientof parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that etainges in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without do: parting from the spirit of theinvention.

l n the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of thcinvcnt-ion hasbeen shown.

in said drawingst iliigure 1 is a side elevation at a wagon embmlyingthe present improvements, the position of the body during the dumpingoperation, being indicated by dotted lines. :Fig. 2 is a bottom planview of the wagon. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of one of therollers and. its supporting bracket. Fig. L is a side elevation of theroller and its bracket. Fig. is a side elevation, 'fragmerital innature, and showing a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the figures by characters ot reference 1 designates runninggear of the usual or any preferred type, the same in eluding a frontbolster 2 and a rear bolster t. Plates 4, are secured to the front facesof these bolsters adjacent the ends thereof and hingedly connected tothe upper end ol? each plate 4 is a bracket carrying a supporting roller6. Each bracket is so shaped and located as to move into position uponthe upper tare ot' the bolster, there being lugs or extensions 7 procetlng from each bracket and adapted to lap the rear face ot the bolsterwhen the bracket is in normal position upon the bolster. \Vhen it is notdesired to use the bracket, the same can be swung 't'orwardly anddownwardly so as to hang in a position below the upper face of thebolster as indicated by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1. The rollersupon the trout bolster are located directly in front of the rollers onthe rear bolster and axles 8 connect the rollers of each pair, theseaxles being parallel with the bolsters.

Standards 9 project upwardly from the end portions of the bolsters 2 and3 and a wagon body 10 is movably mounted between them. This wagon bodyis provided, along the lower surface of the bottom thereof, withparallel wear strips or rails 11 adapted to bear downwardly on therollers (3. The rear ends of these strips 11 are bent to form stop books12 adapted to bear against the rear rollers (3 when the wagon body is inits normal position, thus preventing the body from moving forwardout'o't' normal position relative to the running gear. The front ends ofthe strips or rails 11 project forwardly beyond the body 10 and arecurved downwardly and forwardly to form tongues 13. A rod it is securedto these tongues and extends transversely thereof. this rod supporting afoot lever 15 one end of which is adapted to engage the front face ofthe bolster 2 and thus prevent the wagon body 110 from shittingrearwardly relative to the running gear. A spring 16 may be interposedbet-ween the lever and the bottom of the wagon body so as to cau e saidlever to antxmiat'ieally engage the bolster l as soon as the wagon bodyis brought to normal position.

Stop books or abutments 17 are secured -upon the bottom of the body 10and extend It will of course be apparent that when the hooked terminals12 are bearing against the rear portions of the rear rollers 6 and thelever 15 is hearing against the front face of the bolster 2, the wagonbody 10 is held against movement relative to the running gear 1. When,however; it is desired to dump the contents of the Wagon, the tail board18 is moved to open position and lever 15 is then shifted so as tobecome disengaged from the bolster 2. The operator then pushesrearwardly on the body 10 and the strips 11 will travel along therollers 6, tongues 13 ultimately moving against the front rollers 6 andgivingan initial upward impulse to the body 10. This impulse is givenjust prior to the engagement of the hooks 17 with the rear rod 8 and itwill be apparent, therefore that the body will be caused to tilt withsaid rear rod 8 asan axis and will assume the position indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1. As soon as the contents of the body have beendischarged, said body can be swung back to its initial position andpulled forward and locked.

l Vhen it is not desired to use the wagon for dumping purposes, thebrackets 5 can be swung forwardly and downwardly and the wagon body canthus be caused to rest directly on the bolsters. Or, if preferred, an-

other wagon body can be substituted for the body 10.

In that form of the invention which ap pears in Fig. 5, the tail board180 is hingedly connected to the rear or discharge end of the body 100,for upward swinging move ment, the tail board 180 being controlled bythe rod 190, corresponding to the rod 19.

What is claimed is A dumping wagon including bolsters, brackets hingedlyconnected to the bolsters and adapted to rest on and straddle the same,rollers ournaled in the brackets, axles connecting the rollers andtiarallel with the bolsters, said brackets and rollers beingmovable toinverted positions in front oi? and below the bolsters, when not in use,and a wagon body movably mounted on the rollers when in active positionto h old said brackets against displacement and being mounted on thebolsters when the brackets and rollers are in inactive positions.

In testimony that I. claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoatlixed my signature in the presence 01 two witnesses.

AltlllUl-t l ABIGT.

\Vitncsscs I Jon BURNE, Jason llAk'lMAN,

